diff --git a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
index 65981dbe28e..d8a131dc5ff 100644
--- a/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
+++ b/src/plugins/projectexplorer/projectexplorer.cpp
@@ -3633,7 +3633,7 @@ void ProjectExplorerPlugin::setBuildDirectoryTemplate(const QString &dir)
 
 QString ProjectExplorerPlugin::defaultBuildDirectoryTemplate()
 {
-    return Constants::DEFAULT_BUILD_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATE;
+    return QString(Constants::DEFAULT_BUILD_DIRECTORY_TEMPLATE);
 }
 
 QList<QPair<QString, QString> > ProjectExplorerPlugin::recentProjects()